PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Hollanstein (ranked 2942 p4p, 0 weight class) and Usain Thunder (ranked 4837 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hollanstein
vs
Thunder

210 cm
24
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Hollanstein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Usain Thunder!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thunder looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Hollanstein kicks Thunder off and gets back to his feet.
Hollanstein throws a head kick that misses.
Hollanstein connects with a crisp jab.
Hollanstein lands a jab.

Hollanstein clinches up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Hollanstein breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Hollanstein instigates a clinch.
Hollanstein avoiding damage.
Thunder looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Hollanstein turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Hollanstein manages to end up in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thunder is trying to escape the position but Hollanstein is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thunder wants to control the position but that's not easy when your opponent is in side control! Hollanstein seems to be going for some sort of submission here. Hard to say what - oh, it's a Brabo choke! He's got it! Thunder is tapping! Wow, great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Brabo Choke). Ivan Hollanstein!